(pictured above: Chanel Davis Southside Discount Pharmacy is located in Southeast Plaza.) At Southside Discount Pharmacy, Ahunna Freeman wants to change the way pharmacists deal with customers. “I was a retail pharmacist for nine years, and I...

(pictured above: Nancy Writebol with her husband, David.) The Charlotte-based international Christian mission organization SIM USA announced over the weekend that some of its missionary staff will be returning to Charlotte from Ebola-ravaged...

(pictured above: Jay and Nellie Springs at the SECU Family House.) Almost three years after opening, the SECU Family House has served its 10,000th guest. The SECU Family House is a 45 bedroom facility that provides affordable lodging in a...

Local researcher publishes findings in national journal For decades, common medical wisdom has been “the lower the better” in treating the approximately one in three people in this country who have high blood pressure. But does it? In a study...

(pictured above: LaShun Huntley shows Sen. Burr around the center.) Southside United Health Center received a visitor who wanted to see first-hand how they do things. On Tuesday afternoon, U.S. Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) toured the center, which...

Patients often recognize that a nurse is the health care professional with whom they and their families have the most direct contact. But they might not realize that nurses also are leaders in improving the quality of care and expanding access...

WSSU’s clinic on wheels reaches those out of reach Since its inception over three years ago, Winston-Salem State University’s Rams Know HOW (Healthcare On Wheels) Mobile Clinic has served thousands across the community and beyond, providing...

Last week, the National Medical Association (NMA) expressed satisfaction that more than 2.2 million people through Dec. 28 have selected health insurance plans from state and federal marketplaces via the Affordable Care Act. NMA is the largest...

Doctors have known for years that atrial fibrillation (AF), or irregular heartbeat, increases the risk for stroke, but now researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center have shown that it also increases the risk for heart attack. In fact,...

Novant Health opened a new easy-to-access after hours family medicine clinic on Oct. 21. It aims to provide an alternative to daytime primary care appointments for people who live or work in north Davidson County and parts of Forsyth County....

New WFU program will focus on training people-friendly docs Wake Forest University’s Interdisciplinary Humanities Pathway to Medicine Program aims to train a new generation of doctors who will treat patients holistically. The new program offers...

City native Alishia Green has always known she wanted to be a nurse. “Everybody in my family’s a nurse,” explained the 24-year-old, who started work on her associate degree in nursing (ADN) at Forsyth Technical Community College in August. “I’ve...

Two out of five medical students have an unconscious bias against obese people, according to a new study by researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. The study is published online ahead of print in the Journal of Academic Medicin...

Dr. Kara Davis is unique in the field of medicine. Most physicians lean on their medical books and training when evaluating their patients. Davis does too, but she also takes it a step further and weighs in on a client’s emotional and spiritual...

Former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Dr. Louis Sullivan addressed health disparities during a visit to Winston-Salem State University last week. “We have a dichotomy in our country in our health system, because we have some...

Three Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center officials joined representatives of 48 other health care systems recently in Washington, D.C., to explore new ways of improving health and health care in vulnerable communities across the country. The...